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March 02, 2011

New Notebook - Marcia Laycock

I wrote the poem below as I was hitting a major milestone – I turned 50. As I scanned it today I was encouraged by my own words, now that I’m facing another milestone, a decade later. Yes, I’ll soon celebrate my 60th birthday. My husband preceded me in this life event and breezed through it with hardly a comment. I was in serious denial on his behalf, probably because I knew my turn was around the bend. But I am encouraged, now, as I look ahead. As the poem says, I am tingling just a little as I think of what might be coming down the road, both in this world and in the next. I have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to, because “my flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Ps 73:26). Hope you enjoy the poem.

So true, Tracy. Turning 30 didn't bother me at all, but for some reason 35 did. Go figure. :) One of the exciting things about turning 60 is I get to celebrate with a bunch of friends on Baffin Island. Yeah!

Sixty was good for me—in fact all those "biggies" were events I looked forward to. There are so many changes that await us as these high points in our lives comes and go. Some are good, some not so much. I changed careers at sixty, and though the body is still is fairly decent shape, it shows evidence of its mortality and reminds me that something much better is coming.

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